UPPVJP026 Bachelor Thesis Seminar II

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/16/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lucia Drotárová, PhD. (seminar tutor)
doc. PhDr. PaedDr. Kamil Janiš, CSc. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Vladimíra Kocourková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. et Mgr. Marta Kolaříková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. PaedDr. Tatiana Matulayová, PhD. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Petr Slováček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Institute of Pedagogical and Psychological Sciences – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: PhDr. Edita Ondřejová, Ph.D.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(P)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course forms key competences of conceptual scientific expression of the student in compliance with the chosen methodology. Its essence is in methodological guidance creating a practical, application or research parts of the thesis. The text of the final thesis will be consulted gradually.
Students implement practical part of the thesis according to the agreed schedule. They elaborate the theoretical anchorage of the research, prepare the necessary for the implementation of research according to the selected method (e.g. a questionnaire, interview outline, etc.). They search out their selected group of respondents (if it is relevant to the topic of the thesis), they carry out their research survey which they subsequently process in accordance with applicable methodologies and ethical standards.
They prepare evaluation of obtained data according to the methodological principles of scientific data processing. The thesis conclusion will include the most important scientific findings, description of the way in which the initial set of objectives was fulfilled and the significance of the thesis for practice. The credit includes a compulsory active participation in a student workshop, where the student presents his/her developed version of the bachelor thesis according to the required published structure. Literature according to the chosen topic.
Learning outcomes
The graduate will be able to
- formulate relevant research problem and research question (depending on the nature of the thesis);
- demonstrate knowledge of techniques and methodologies, make informed distinctions of possibilities and limitations of techniques of quantitative and qualitative analysis in relation to the thesis topic itself.
- implement and interpret the outputs of the practical part of the thesis;
- design and implement a scientific text in accordance with the theoretical, methodological and formal requirements;
- formulate a practical contribution of the thesis and elaborate its conclusion;
- competently respond to the observations and comments of the supervisor.
Literature
    required literature
  • KAPOUNOVÁ, Jana and Pavel KAPOUN. Bakalářská a diplomová práce: od zadání po obhajobu. Praha: Grada, 2017. ISBN 978-80-271-0079-8. info
  • KLIMEŠ, L. Slovník cizích slov: SPN, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7235-446-7
  • PLÍVA, Z. a kolektiv. Metodika zpracování bakalářských a diplomových prací. Liberec: Technická univerzita v Liberci, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7494-049-1. Dostupné z: doi:10.15240/tul/002/2014-11-002.
  • Pravidla českého pravopisu. Praha: Plot, 2018. ISBN 978-80-7428-325-3.
  • Seznam literatury a pramenů odpovídající tématu závěrečné bakalářské práce.
  • Slovník českých synonym a antonym. 2. vyd. Brno: Lingea, 2012. ISBN 978-80-87471-40-1.
  • Školní slovník českých synonym. Praha: Lingea, 2010. ISBN 978-80-87062-87-6.
    recommended literature
  • ECO, U. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997. ISBN 80-7198-173-7. info
  • FILKA, J. Metodika tvorby diplomové práce: praktická pomůcka pro studenty vysokých škol. Brno: Knihař, 2002. ISBN 80-86292-05-3. info
  • ŠANDEROVÁ, J. Jak číst a psát odborný text ve společenských vědách. Praha: Slon, 2007. ISBN 978-80-86429-40-3. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
zápočet
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2019, Accreditation summer, Summer 2022, Summer 2024, Winter 2024.
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